ORDERED: That Section 1, Chapter 6, of the Rules be stricken out, and the following be substituted in its place: "The Secretary shall have charge of the Records of the Board, and of all papers directed by the Board to be kept on its files; he shall keep a permanent record-book, in which all its votes, orders, and proceedings shall by him be recorded." ORDERED: That Sect. 13, Chap. 8, of the Regulations, be amended by striking from the third line the word "and," and adding at the period in the fifth line the following: "and in no case shall resort be had to confinement in a closet or wardrobe, or to other cruel or unusual punishment, as a mode of discipline." ORDERED: That Sect. 16, Chap. 8, and the following sections to the end of the same Chapter, be carried forward one number in numerical order. ORDERED: That Sect. 16, Chap. 8, be as follows: "Whenever a teacher has satisfactory evidence that a pupil has left school without the intention of returning, such pupil's name shall forthwith be stricken from the list; but any absences recorded against the name of the pupil before the teacher receives this notice shall be allowed to remain, and be regarded the same as any other absences. When a pupil is absent from school more than five consecutive school days, the name of such pupil shall be stricken from the list at the end of the five days, and the absences shall in all cases be recorded while the name remains on the list. The name of a pupil who is suspended from school by any rules 2 of the School Board, shall be stricken from the list, and any pupil shall be considered as absent whose attendance at school shall not continue for at least one half of the regular school session of the half day. In noting the absences of pupils, the short vacations shall be disregarded, and pupils who are not present on the first half day of a term after either of these vacations shall be marked as absent." ORDERED: That Sect. 3, Chap. 9, be stricken from the Regulations, and that the following sections to the end of the Chapter be numbered accordingly. |